Because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. (1 Thessalonians 1:5 ESV)

Not long after Jerry Hair helped us catch the Tucker cattle at Port Mayaca, he asked me if I would like to spend a week or so with an old cowman friend of his that he had worked for from the time he was a big kid.